Lights going out, and a kick in the balls. "That's Entertainment" - The Jam
Iowa Hawkeyes
97 – 87 OT
FINAL Conference
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -4.5 Home covered
O/U 159.5 Over
Money IOWA -185 / NEB +155
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual IOWA +10 184 Won
Massey IOWA -1.7 (+8.3) — —
Massey Totals — 157.8 (+26.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 48% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 50% ✗
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -2.3 (+7.7) 156.8 (+27.2) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ IOWA -2.1 (+7.9) 153.7 (+30.3) 59% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IOWA -1.9 (+8.1) 150.7 (+33.3) 57% ✓
Baseline ML IOWA -2.5 (+7.5) 157.9 (+26.1) 66% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 26, 2026 IOWA 77 – 71 NEB
Mar 8, 2026 NEB 84 – 75 IOWA
Feb 18, 2026 IOWA 57 – 52 NEB
Mar 9, 2025 IOWA 83 – 68 NEB
Jan 13, 2024 IOWA 94 – 76 NEB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA NEB
Overall 17-16 21-14
Conference 7-13 7-13
Home 12-6 10-6
Away 2-8 5-7
Neutral 3-2 6-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 W4
Avg Pts For 82.5 76.0
Avg Pts Against 79.7 72.6
Massey 11.0 (#49) 13.4 (#37)
Bradley-Terry 2.17 (#46) 3.02 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.10 (#38) 3.97 (#23)
RPI 0.554 (#84) 0.643 (#14)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA NEB
FG% 50.9% 46.2%
3PT% 38.3% 33.9%
REB / G 33.5 37.0
OREB / G 9.3 9.1
AST / TO 1.95 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.8% 52.8%
TOV% 13.4% 17.4%
ORB% 25.9% 28.0%
FT Rate 18.0% 31.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 45.4%
Opp TOV% 20.9% 20.3%
DRB% 66.9% 72.8%
Opp FT Rate 15.1% 19.7%

Game Analysis

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